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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/slaughter-of-animals-humane-conditions-regulations-1990/regulation-24",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/1242",
  "legislation_title": "The Slaughter of Animals (Humane Conditions) Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/slaughter-of-animals-humane-conditions-regulations-1990",
  "path": "regulation/24",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "Conditions to be observed in connection with the stunning and slaughter of animals",
  "text": "The occupier of a slaughterhouse in which there is a restraining pen shall ensure that—\n(a) the means of restraining and supporting an animal confined in such a pen described in regulation 23(2)(a) and (b) above are used in respect of any animal confined in it;\n(b) the pen is kept in good working order; and\n(c) if it has been modified after it has been approved by the appropriate Minister, the pen is not used again until a fresh approval is given by the appropriate Minister.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/1242/regulation/24",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:19:09.533875+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}